Meet the University Controller

Katelyn has been at Pepperdine University since 2018, and currently serves as the University Controller.

Prior to joining Pepperdine, she worked in public accounting as well as a large, multinational corporation, where she specialized in state and local corporate income tax. She is currently responsible for oversight of Payroll, General Accounting, Finance Systems, Accounts Payable, Purchasing, Tax, and Planning, Operations, and Construction Finance. Katelyn earned her B.S. in Accountancy from California State University, Long Beach, where she was also named the Dean’s Medalist for the College of Business Administration, and her M.S. in Taxation from Golden Gate University. Katelyn is grateful to serve at Pepperdine because everyone is united by the University’s mission, and because of the kind, and wonderful people she gets to interact with each and every day.